Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: R. J. Emry, W. W. Korth, and M. A. Bell. 2005. A tree squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Sciurini) from the late Miocene (Clarendonian) of Nevada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):228-235

Belongs to Sciurus according to R. J. Emry et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Sciurus (Macroxus), Sciurus (Prosciurus), Sciurus aberti, Sciurus alleni, Sciurus arizonensis, Sciurus calycinus, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus flavus, Sciurus giganteus, Sciurus griseus, Sciurus niger, Sciurus panolius, Sciurus prevostii, Sciurus siderolithicus, Sciurus spectabilis, Sciurus vittatus, Sciurus vortmani, Sciurus vulgaris

Type specimen: UMMP 74776, a partial skeleton (skull, mandible, and much of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Sciurus olsoni type locality, which is in a Clarendonian lacustrine diatomite in the Truckee Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Sciurus olsoni type locality

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.